· Businesswomen on Success: Corcoran Group chairman Barbara Corcoran, Fortunoff president Helene E. Fortunoff and Travelocity CEO Michelle Peluso discuss the phenomenon of Women in Power on Monday, December 19.

· The Carlebach Dynasty Continues: Continuing her father’s traditions and repertoire, Neshama Carlebach (right) performs at Makor on Tuesday, December 20.

· Astronomy Geeks of the World Unite: Science writer supreme Dava Sobel (Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter) discusses her new book The Planets and our solar system neighbors on Tuesday, December 20.

· It’s a Very NPR Hanukkah: Join National Public Radio correspondent Susan Stamberg and a crew of other voices for readings from the anthology Hanukkah Lights: Stories of the Season. Wednesday, December 21.

· Chinese Food.. Movies.. Yup: It’s all-you-can-eat Chinese food and the films of Billy Wilder, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor at Makor’s incredibly popular annual Chinese Food and a Movie on Christmas Day.

We’re big into wine here at the Y. If you missed our blockbusting Wines of the World event last Wednesday, we have plenty more wine-centric events and workshops lined up: Wines of France: French Wine Explained, Wine: The Art of Buying and Tasting, Wine Tour de France, East Meets West and Visits the North Fork Wineries, and of course our regular Wine Tasting Without the Attitude sessions over at Makor.

If you’re big into wine (or would like to be), you might be interested in SFGate’s useful and readable list of the top 100 wines of 2005.